†Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) alabamensis Cooke 1942 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Synonym: Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) georgianus Cooke 1942

Belongs to Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) according to C. W. Cooke 1959

See also Cooke 1942

Sister taxon: Brissopatagus rojasi

Type specimens:

  • Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) alabamensis: USNM 498979, a test. Its type locality is Kinchafoonee Creek dam, which is in a Priabonian marine horizon in the Ocala Formation of Georgia.
  • Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) georgianus: Its type locality is Kinchafoonee Creek dam, which is in a Priabonian marine horizon in the Ocala Formation of Georgia.

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (2: Alabama collections)

• Eocene of United States (2: Georgia)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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